Lynne Stewart: My Fight for Justice in "Patriot Act" USA
www.lynnestewart.org
Introduction by Ashlee Albies, chair, Portland National Lawyers Guild www.portlandnlg.org
Radical human rights attorney Lynne Stewart is acclaimed for defending poor people, radicals of color and controversial figures. Because of this she has been falsely accused of helping terrorists. Now convicted, she recently received a 28 month sentence, but is free on bail pending appeal.
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, she was arrested and agents searched her Manhattan office for documents. She was arraigned before Manhattan federal Judge John Koeltl. This is an obvious attempt by the U.S. government to silence dissent, curtail vigorous defense lawyers, and install fear in those who would fight against the U.S. government's racism, seek to help Arabs and Muslims being prosecuted for free speech and defend the rights of all oppressed people.
Lynne Stewart was in Portland, March 6, 2007, at Portland State University, as part of a West coast fund...
